The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-09
The Condemned Anarchists.

Fieldcn, Schwab, Fischer and Engel
were let out Of their cells at Q o'clock
this morning. For an hour they
stretched their legs in the dollhouse
Enclosure. Every movement of the
condemned men were watched by bal
lifts, one of whom was assigned to
each man. The baiifIs walked up and
down the exercise space with their
charges, whom they did not allow
more than five or six feet away f'om
them. They were alert 10 prevent
any attempt ut violence or suicide.
They were not allowed to approach
any of the other prisoners during the
hour break fast was served them.
While they were eating bailiffs stood
at the cell door and watched them,
and when they we're done the knives.
forks and dishes were q Yickly removed.
All the men except Eugel ate with toll
cradle appetite. While the men were
at exercise each cell was searched
infinitely. Nothing suspicious Was
discovered Miss Van Zaut and Mrs.
Fischer were the only visitors at the
Jail, except Rev. w. II. Bolton Of the
Methodist Church. Miss Van Zant
talked to Spies three or four minutes
with the bailiff within hearing dis
lance. "He is like Gagged tigcr,'
said Sheriff Matson as Lingg was
taken from his cell to give his bailifls
a chance to search it. Two depu ties
watched him as he strobe up and
down examining the cage with a
nervous, restless movement. The jail
er took the two clocks from the cell
the only pieces of metal lett to him.
AS soon as search was over Lingg was
boiled in again. This is the first ex-
ercise he has been given since the
finding of the bombs. Eight baskets Of
grapes were brought TO the jail but
nothing edible is allowed to go to the
prisoners from the outside for fear of
poison being conveyed to them. The
grapes were sent by John Brown, Jr,
and were given to the wives and
friends of the prisoners. A loaded
dynamite bomb was found this MORN
ing on West Van Buren, street. not
far from the polling place, where vot-
ing was in progress. The bomb was
made OUT of large gas Pipe and was
eight inches long.
Louis Lingg was visited in Jail by
Attorney Zeiler this afternoon, at the
request of Capt. Black, for the pur-
pose of obtaining from him a state
ment in regard to the bombs found in
his cell last Sunday. Lingg plumply
denied in German that he had any
knowledge Of the bombs, and, con-
tinuing, said 81 have and still do re-
fuse to sign any petition to the gov
ernor asking tor communication OF my
sentence. l and few Others will
surely hang, but l will not make a
statement for the benefit of those who
have signed the petition. hate them
for the course they have taken and
would not even lit one of my fingers
to save them if l could. f"
At the conclusion of the inter-
view Lingg turned away in an uncon-
cerned manner. Capt. Black and At
torney Zeisler, in company with Nina
Van Zandt, subsequently had short
conference with Spies, Fielden and
Schwab in the lawyers cage, and OBJ
tanned a formal written declaration
that they had nothing to do with the
bombs brought to the Jail. Then, for
the last time, Capt. Black visited Par
sons, Fischer and Engle, in the pres
en- ce OF Tailor Foiz. for the purpose of
inducing them to sign a petition to
Gov. Oglesby asking for mercy. 1t
was all without avail, Parsons voicing
the determination by the words: "If
the State can afford to put me to death,
| can afford to die" In this the trio
remained immovable, notwithstanding
the hear,rendering scenes that had oc-
CURED few months before when the
wives and children of Engel, Fischer
and Fielden despairingly beseecched
the men to sign for their sake.